Grube
German, noun
Grube is spelled G-R-U-B-E (5 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written German, the 8,702nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grube is a German feminine noun meaning “pit, excavation (man- or animal-made hole in the ground)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, grübe is a different word: “first/third-person singular subjunctive II of graben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “natürliche oder künstlich angelegte Vertiefung im Erdboden”.
What does Grube mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepit, excavation (man- or animal-made hole in the ground)
- 2
femininemine
Grubenunglück
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular subjunctive II of graben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. natürliche oder künstlich angelegte Vertiefung im Erdboden 2. Bergwerk 3. Grab 4. Fäkaliengrube
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Grube
- Gruben plural
- Grübchen diminutive neuter
- Grüblein diminutive neuter
- Gr. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Grube
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Grube in German?
Grube appears 7.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).